Thursday, December 18, 2014

V/A - La Marraca Compilation 7"

Roto (1995)

On Twitter one day there was an exchange between someone and one of my favorite bands, Bum. Bum tweeted a picture of a record of theirs that I did not have. I inquired about it and immediately set off to add it to my Bum record collection. I'm a completest for them after all. What we have is a 4 band comp 7", that sadly I can't tell you much about other than it's from Spain and that Grunnen Rocks website thinks it came out in 1995. I can also tell you a bit about the music.

The main event was obviously was bum and their contribution is a live cover of a The Viletones' "Screaming Fist" (or "Screaming Fen" as the 7" says). It's a fast and loud shouty punk rock song, that is a good time, but it's nowhere near as dynamic and catchy as a Bum original. What can I say, I like Bum songs more than their cover songs, but the collection is complete again (aside from the colored vinyl version of the Magic Teeth #2 record).

The Pleasure Fuckers give us a song built around the "Oh EEE Oh" chant from Wizard Of Oz, then they shout a few words, then goes back to the "Oh EEE Oh" chant again. There's a good hook in the chorus though.

Dr. Explosion is slightly fuzzy power pop. The vocals have a slight sneer to them, almost like something El Vez would do. It's actually a really strong song and I'm curious about the other albums this band put out, though there seem to be about 4000 of them.

Vivoras are fast and upbeat. They remind me of the Shitbirds a bit. It's also a good song, total Sympathy For The Record Industry style garage rock.